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they marched to tahrir square to protest morsi's plan to hold a referendum on a draft constitution. the demonstrators flooded into the square as protesters did throughout the arab spring. they say the referen couple plan should be scrapped and they want a new draft constitution written from scratch. >> translator: i am worried about voting irregularities. >> translator: i will boycott the referendum. the draft constitution did not represent the voices of all egyptians. >> egypt's constituent assembly drew up the draft of a new constitution late last mochlt morsi scheduled a referendum on it for december 15th. critics say the document would strengthen the power of the president and threatens a return to dictatorship. the critics include groups of young people whose protests led to the downfall of mubarak. another group of demonstrators gathered in front of the presidential palace and security forces used teargas to disperse the crowd. the louvre museum in paris, 8 million visifrom around the world viewintings, sculptures, and other world famous works of art every year. a new branch o
they marched to tahrir square to protest morsi's plan to hold a referendum on a draft constitution. the demonstrators flooded into the square as protesters did throughout the arab spring. they say the referen couple plan should be scrapped and they want a new draft constitution written from scratch. >> translator: i am worried about voting irregularities. >> translator: i will boycott the referendum. the draft constitution did not represent the voices of all egyptians. >>...
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morsi was forced to leave, leaving in his motorcade, surrounded by security. a few hundred protesters came back the next day and had this sit-in. when the brother had announced that they would hold a protest at the palace, the prospect of violence would -- was very high. many are blaming the muslim brotherhood for calling for protests at the palace of the same time that their opponents were there, at this very tense moment, and using very aggressive language. the brotherhood spokesperson called for demonstrations to protect the legitimacy after the group infringements by a group that he said thought could impose its legitimacy by force. we saw on the freedom justice party side that they were not clashes between supporters and opponents of the president, but skirmishes between the guardians of legitimacy and the revolution against counter-revolutionary attempts to topple legitimacy. this kind of language and behavior resulted in these massive clashes. people are heading to the presidential palace again. it is unclear where all this is going but the political cr
morsi was forced to leave, leaving in his motorcade, surrounded by security. a few hundred protesters came back the next day and had this sit-in. when the brother had announced that they would hold a protest at the palace, the prospect of violence would -- was very high. many are blaming the muslim brotherhood for calling for protests at the palace of the same time that their opponents were there, at this very tense moment, and using very aggressive language. the brotherhood spokesperson called...
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we won an agent for everybody. >> morsi is refusing to back up to pressure. and in the nation is ready for the referendum on time. if the people agree, they will start building institutions upon this foundation. if it is rejected, i will use my authority and duty to create a new constitutional assembly based on an agreement or on direct elections for a new assembly. >> the president's supporters have also been taking to the streets, this time for the funerals of two demonstrators who were killed in clashes with opposition protesters earlier in the week. meanwhile, the german foreign minister says the violence puts the legacy of the revolution at risk. m e to pose a political powers must come together in a dialogue. they must develop a dialogue, when it takes into account all elements of society. >> so far, the call is not being heated. the main opposition groups have rejected offers of talks on saturday. >> for more, we go live to cairo. we mentioned the reports that protesters have broken through the barricade at the palace. how tense is the situation in cai
we won an agent for everybody. >> morsi is refusing to back up to pressure. and in the nation is ready for the referendum on time. if the people agree, they will start building institutions upon this foundation. if it is rejected, i will use my authority and duty to create a new constitutional assembly based on an agreement or on direct elections for a new assembly. >> the president's supporters have also been taking to the streets, this time for the funerals of two demonstrators...
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more scuffles broke out when the opposition again rallied against the new constitution and morsi's power grab. international governments are calling for dialogue. >> i am dismayed by the news from cairo. violence is no way to solve a domestic political conflict. i would appeal to all sides to be reasonable and exercise restraint. >> after wednesday night's violence, the day has been relatively calm, but the raging street battles have served only to inflame tensions between the camps. >> this is a coup between the -- against the president. they are trying to turn people against him, but he is taking firm and steady steps forward and leading us out of this dark tunnel. >> this is not democracy. this is terrorism -- terrorism from the ruling party. >> now the nation is waiting for a response from morsi and a sign that he can use his authority to rein in divisions. >> let's go live now to cairo and our correspondent. is the situation still tense there in cairo? what about in other egyptian cities? >> no, in cairo it is relatively calm. a bigger group of protesters have come from various marc
more scuffles broke out when the opposition again rallied against the new constitution and morsi's power grab. international governments are calling for dialogue. >> i am dismayed by the news from cairo. violence is no way to solve a domestic political conflict. i would appeal to all sides to be reasonable and exercise restraint. >> after wednesday night's violence, the day has been relatively calm, but the raging street battles have served only to inflame tensions between the...
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tonight on c-span2, the speech by egyptian president morsi his nation calling antigovernment protest. that's followed by two event from the foundation for defensive democracy forum. first a debate on the impact of elections and muslim countries. and then an examination of iran's human rights record. extended unemployment benefits for workers who have been job less for more than 26 weeks expire in jan. the expiration is part of the so-called phis fiscal cliff. we look at the unemployment benefits. our first gets is josh boak. and michael -- washington journal is live every day on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> we have had the explosions of knowledge. but we have not coordinated care and these all these services we have end up having so many cracks that the cracks are as harmful as the diseases that we're treated. so you to step back and ask, you know, are we hurting people overall? on a global level? what are we doing sometimes? and of course now we have the institute reinforcing 30% of everything we do may not be necessary in health care? when we step back, 30% of all the medication
tonight on c-span2, the speech by egyptian president morsi his nation calling antigovernment protest. that's followed by two event from the foundation for defensive democracy forum. first a debate on the impact of elections and muslim countries. and then an examination of iran's human rights record. extended unemployment benefits for workers who have been job less for more than 26 weeks expire in jan. the expiration is part of the so-called phis fiscal cliff. we look at the unemployment...
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so then we move along and people say mohamed morsi is a nonentity of the character. nobody takes it seriously. by the mechem holding the reins of power he's the guy in charge of what's going on. and then we are still ostensibly wandering our way towards this democratic future from our friends in the brotherhood, and you have to just love it. life gives you a few gifts like we saw in the 21st and 22nd of november. you had this incredible story in "the new york times" about how barack obama had astonished this confidence and trust and mohamed morsi has the mind of an engineer and of course the next day he assumes power by declaring the timing, so the point is this is the way the muslim brotherhood operates and anyone that understands what it is about all i will clean up in just one second. but they should have seen this coming a long, long time ago. the conundrum is this. this is the essence of the problem. if you want to have a space process in the middle east, that is to say one that represents most of the people coming to have to have the islamist party participate
so then we move along and people say mohamed morsi is a nonentity of the character. nobody takes it seriously. by the mechem holding the reins of power he's the guy in charge of what's going on. and then we are still ostensibly wandering our way towards this democratic future from our friends in the brotherhood, and you have to just love it. life gives you a few gifts like we saw in the 21st and 22nd of november. you had this incredible story in "the new york times" about how barack...